4 September 2024
Ascential plc ("the Company")
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility
Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) has received notification of the following transactions by its Chief Executive Officer, Philip Thomas, and its Chief Financial Officer, Mandy Gradden, following vesting of conditional awards granted in 2021 under the Performance Share Plan.
| Director | Shares acquired under Performance Share Plan | Shares disposed to meet income tax and social security liability | Resultant holding (no. of shares) | Resultant holding (% of issued share capital) |
| Philip Thomas | 117,274 | 55,285 | 217,865 | 0.106% |
| Mandy Gradden | 25,816 | 12,171 | 263,314 | 0.129% |
| Total | 143,090 | 67,456 | 481,179 | 0.235% |
Naomi Howden, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 207 516 5042
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Names
| Philip Thomas Mandy Gradden | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Director | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| Ascential plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21 | |||
| 4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1.7p
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| | | ||||
| Identification code | BQFH632 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Shares acquired in satisfaction of the 2021 awards under the Performance Share Plan | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Phil Thomas: | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | Nil | 117,274 | | |
| | | Mandy Gradden: | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | Nil | 25,816 | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | n/a - single transaction | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | Nil | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 3 September 2024 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London | |||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
| a)
| Names
| Philip Thomas Mandy Gradden | |||
| 2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
| a)
| Position/status
| Director | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
| 3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
| a)
| Name
| Ascential plc | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21 | |||
| 4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
| ||||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1.7p
| |||
| | | ||||
| Identification code | BQFH632 | ||||
| | | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares resulting from the vesting of awards granted in 2021 under the Performance Share Plan | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Phil Thomas: | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £5.69 | 55,285 | | |
| | | Mandy Gradden: | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | £5.69 | 12,171 | | |
| | | | | | |
| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
| | | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | n/a - single transaction | ||||
| | | ||||
| - Price | Phil Thomas: £314,571.65
Mandy Gradden: £69,252.99 | ||||
| | | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 3 September 2024 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London | |||
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